By Suleiman Yakubu

The Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Dr. Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, has commiserated with former Head of State, General Abdusalami Abubakar, over the death of his sister.
Hajiya Salamatu Asabe, a younger sister of Gen. Abubakar, died at the weekend.
The minister, who described the death as a loss to all those who knew the deceased, said all those who came across Hajiya Salamatu in her lifetime were enamoured of her humility, grace, and motherly disposition.
“I pray that Almighty Allah will comfort you and grant Hajiya Salamatu Aljannah Firdaus," the minister wrote in the condolence letter.

By Suleiman Yakubu

The Deputy Governor of Niger State, Comrade Yakubu Garba, has congratulated his principal, Farmer Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago, on the conferment of the Turakin Nupe title by the Etsu Nupe and Chairman of the Niger State Council of Traditional Rulers, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar.
The Deputy Governor, in a congratulatory message signed and made available to newsmen by his Press Secretary, Ummikhaltume Abdullahi Kuta, said the conferment was a testament to the ability and commitment of the Farmer Governor towards the transformation of the state into a viable, formidable, resilient, and resourceful New Niger.
He stated that as his deputy and confidant in the progress of Niger State, he remains loyal and dedicated to the governor's course and path to the development and growth of the people and their communities.
The Deputy Governor added that the Farmer Governor had done it before, during his sojourn as a Federal House of Representatives Member for Chanchaga federal constituency, and he is equally doing it again as Farmer Governor of Niger State.
"Your conferment as the new Turakin Nupe did not come to most of us who are close to you because we have known you to be a true son of the Nupe Kingdom who is so passionate about the growth and development of Nupe land," the statement added.
While praying that the conferment of the title on the Farmer Governor should bring more peace, unity, and progress to the entire Nupe Kingdom, the Deputy Governor also beseeched Allah to take control of all the programmes and policies of the present administration towards the realisation of a greater new Niger State.